Vine

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
     of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and
     cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.)
        (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
        (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
            stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs


            by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
            anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
            as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
            squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
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                  There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
                                                    viii. 13.
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                  And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
                  and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
                  gourds.                           --2 Kings iv.
                                                    89.
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     {Vine apple} (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
        Williams.
  
     {Vine beetle} (Zool.), any one of several species of beetles
        which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the
        grapevine. Among the more important species are the
        grapevine fidia (see {Fidia}), the spotted Pelidnota
        ({Pelidnota punctata}) (see {Rutilian}), the vine
        fleabeetle ({Graptodera chalybea}), the rose beetle (see
        under {Rose}), the vine weevil, and several species of
        {Colaspis} and {Anomala}.
  
     {Vine borer}. (Zool.)
        (a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae
            bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
            {Sinoxylon basilare}, a small species the larva of
            which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter
            sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
            {vine weevil}), which produces knotlike galls on the
            branches.
        (b) A clearwing moth ({Aegeria polistiformis}), whose
            larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
            destructive.
  
     {Vine dragon}, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
        --Holland.
  
     {Vine forester} (Zool.), any one of several species of moths
        belonging to {Alypia} and allied genera, whose larvae feed
        on the leaves of the grapevine.
  
     {Vine fretter} (Zool.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
        that injuries the grapevine.
  
     {Vine grub} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of insect
        larvae that are injurious to the grapevine.
  
     {Vine hopper} (Zool.), any one of several species of leaf
        hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
        {Erythroneura vitis}. See Illust. of {Grape hopper}, under
        {Grape}.
  
     {Vine inchworm} (Zool.), the larva of any species of
        geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
        especially {Cidaria diversilineata}.
  
     {Vine-leaf rooer} (Zool.), a small moth ({Desmia maculalis})
        whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the
        grapevine. The moth is brownish black, spotted with white.
        
  
     {Vine louse} (Zool.), the phylloxera.
  
     {Vine mildew} (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
        delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
        fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
        parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
        vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium
        Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
        stage of an {Erysiphe}.
  
     {Vine of Sodom} (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
        xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
        Sodom. See {Apple of Sodom}, under {Apple}.
  
     {Vine sawfly} (Zool.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria
        vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
        grapevine. The larvae stand side by side in clusters while
        feeding.
  
     {Vine slug} (Zool.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
  
     {Vine sorrel} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Cissus acida})
        related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
        found in Florida and the West Indies.
  
     {Vine sphinx} (Zool.), any one of several species of hawk
        moths. The larvae feed on grapevine leaves.
  
     {Vine weevil}. (Zool.) See {Vine borer}
        (a) above, and {Wound gall}, under {Wound}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vine
       n : weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing,
           twining, or creeping along a surface

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "vine":
     algae, autophyte, bean, bittersweet, bracken, brown algae,
     clematis, climber, conferva, confervoid, creeper, dewberry, diatom,
     fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, grape, grapevine,
     green algae, greenbrier, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, honeysuckle,
     hop, ivy, jasmine, kelp, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort,
     mold, moss, mushroom, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte,
     phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, poison ivy,
     puffball, pulse, red algae, rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso,
     sargassum, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, smut,
     succulent, toadstool, trumpet creeper, vetch, wisteria, wort,
     wrack
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Vine
     one of the most important products of Palestine. The first
     mention of it is in the history of Noah (Gen. 9:20). It is
     afterwards frequently noticed both in the Old and New
     Testaments, and in the ruins of terraced vineyards there are
     evidences that it was extensively cultivated by the Jews. It was
     cultivated in Palestine before the Israelites took possession of
     it. The men sent out by Moses brought with them from the Valley
     of Eshcol a cluster of grapes so large that "they bare it
     between two upon a staff" (Num. 13: 23). The vineyards of
     En-gedi (Cant. 1:14), Heshbon, Sibmah, Jazer, Elealeh (Isa.
     16:8-10; Jer. 48:32, 34), and Helbon (Ezek. 27:18), as well as
     of Eshcol, were celebrated.
     
       The Church is compared to a vine (Ps. 80:8), and Christ says
     of himself, "I am the vine" (John 15:1). In one of his parables
     also (Matt. 21:33) our Lord compares his Church to a vineyard
     which "a certain householder planted, and hedged round about,"
     etc.
     
       Hos. 10:1 is rendered in the Revised Version, "Israel is a
     luxuriant vine, which putteth forth his fruit," instead of
     "Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself,"
     of the Authorized Version.